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Walford Graham Robertson
1866-1948
A Friend To Animals
1923
Black ink over graphite, on card.
10 x 5 7/8 inches (255 x 150 mm)
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
1986.2343
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Title supplied by cataloger.
Drawing for an illustration for a short essay by Gerald H. Thayer entitled "A friend to animals", published in The guiding book (London : Hodder & Stoughton, 1923), p. 165.
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In pencil below: "What would be seen by an impartial observer new-come from another planet?"; Illustration to "A Friend to Animals."
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From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Summary:
Drawing shows an angel standing beside a little girl in a derelict lot or yard and gesturing towards three puppies sitting in the foreground at right.
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